Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 0

Full Time

New York Red Bulls

Fri 17 Jul 2020 · 02:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+11'

Y 61' Amr Tarek

Eloy Room 89' Y

Youness Mokhtar 90' Y

Y 90' Kyle Duncan

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Guido Gonzalez
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Chris Wattam
Referee

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 21 games · Avg 2.7 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W
12 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	4–0	W
08 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
06 Oct	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L
29 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
12 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
07 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	3–2	W
20 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	3–4	L
06 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		New York Red Bulls
#7	Position	#11
47	Points	42
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 16
59	Scored	48
52	Conceded	62
+7	GD	-14
1.38	PPG	1.24
41%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Columbus Crew SC have kicked off against New York Red Bulls. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
22' Magnificent from Gyasi Zardes! That is 95 goals in 302 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
27' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
32' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York Red Bulls backline.
37' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
42' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Derrick Etienne has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Marc Rzatkowski gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Cristian Casseres and will look to change the dynamic.
47' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Lucas Zelarayan makes it 2-0.
52' A quiet spell here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
57' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Lucas Zelarayan is replaced by Youness Mokhtar.
61' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Amr Tarek gets a Yellow card.
66' New York Red Bulls have won 440 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
67' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Pedro Santos is replaced by Luis Diaz on 67 minute.
72' Supporters expect more eagerness from Omir Fernandez, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
77' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
81' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Daniel Royer exits the field as Jared Stroud enters on 81.
82' Fanendo Adi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gyasi Zardes at the 82 minute mark.
87' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
89' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Eloy Room on 89 minutes.
90' The referee shows Columbus Crew SC player a Yellow card on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne
2
Christopher Cadden
4
Jonathan Mensah C
11
Gyasi Zardes ↓ Fanendo Adi 82'
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Luis Diaz 67'
16
Hector Jimenez
3
Joshua Williams
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Aidan Morris 67'
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Youness Mokhtar 57'
18
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Artur 57'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

1
David Jensen
24
Jason Pendant
10
Kaku ↓ Omir Fernandez 67'
77
Daniel Royer ↓ Jared Stroud 81'
33
Aaron Long
27
Sean Davis C
6
Kyle Duncan
22
Florian Valot ↓ Alex Muyl 67'
23
Cristian Casseres Jr. ↓ Marc Rzatkowski 46'
3
Amr Tarek
74
Tom Barlow ↓ Brian White 46'

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Royer	4
Gyasi Zardes	4
Pedro Santos	3
Darlington Nagbe	3
Alex Muyl	2
Cucho Hernandez	2
Jonathan Mensah	2
Derrick Etienne	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC W 2019-10-06 Toronto FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W

New York Red Bulls Form

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-07-12 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-03-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 FC Cincinnati W 2019-10-20 Philadelphia Union 4–3 New York Red Bulls L 2019-10-06 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 New York Red Bulls L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.95 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.02 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC to win 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC58% Draw23% New York Red Bulls19%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

81%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

42%

Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC41% Draw43% New York Red Bulls16%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

9.3%

0 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.2%

3 – 0

6.1%

1 – 2

2 – 2

4.9%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

3.3%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	18%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	23%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.